Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Köln pre-match info: Guests face a rough 90 minutes at BayArena

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

The hosts, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, should be favourites in this game, but FC Köln have shown both know-how and fearlessness. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Köln have scored away.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have less rest than FC Köln in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Atalanta, so at least Bayer 04 Leverkusen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. Leverkusen are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A 1-1 draw away in the Bundesliga before that, with Bayern München the opponent.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bayer 04 Leverkusen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as the Europa League home game vs Atalanta is only four days away.

Leverkusen are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at BayArena in their league games, having scored an impressive 33 goals in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bayer 04 Leverkusen defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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FC Köln form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Köln so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-4 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Köln in their previous game as they lost hosting Hoffenheim, 0-1. Midfield player Uth was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Uth hit two key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Greuther Furth.

The visiting FC Köln have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Köln have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Köln have met already this season: FC Köln - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leverkusen five wins, three draws and FC Köln two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Bayer 04 LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
20 goals
FC KölnA. Modeste
A. Modeste
15 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenM. Diaby
M. Diaby
12 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

FC Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Köln
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
13 7 2 Won W 0 2 9
6 2 1 Drew D 1 6 9
6 3 1 Lost L 4 4 7
64 33 4 Scored S 4 16 36
40 19 4 Conceded C 14 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 84%
76% 75% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 52%
64% 67% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 48%
36% 42% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 16%
76% 58% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 83% 68%
20% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
4% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 17% 20%
 
5.9 7 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.8 5
4.3 3.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.4 5.2
2.3 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.9 15.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.7 14
6.2 7.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4 4.8
41% 38% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 33% 30%
 
14.7 14 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 13.1 12.8
5.4 5.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.9 4.7
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of FC Köln's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Köln have scored away.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 25 19 2 4 76 27 13 10 1 2 38 12 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 59
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 13 6 6 64 40 12 7 2 3 33 19 13 6 4 3 31 21 24 45
4 Hoffenheim 25 13 4 8 48 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 13 5 2 6 21 23 12 43
5 RB Leipzig 25 12 5 8 51 29 13 9 1 3 35 15 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 41
6 Freiburg 25 11 8 6 40 27 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 41
7 Union Berlin 25 10 7 8 32 33 12 7 3 2 17 13 13 3 4 6 15 20 -1 37
8 FC Köln 25 9 9 7 36 39 13 7 3 3 20 16 12 2 6 4 16 23 -3 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 9 7 9 37 37 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 6 3 4 23 21 0 34
11 Bochum 25 9 5 11 27 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 2 2 8 8 23 -8 32
12 Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 27 37 13 5 2 6 14 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -10 31
13 Borussia M'gladbach 25 7 6 12 34 51 12 5 3 4 21 21 13 2 3 8 13 30 -17 27
14 Augsburg 25 6 8 11 27 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 5 10 10 22 33 13 2 7 4 12 17 12 3 3 6 10 16 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 25 6 5 14 26 58 13 4 3 6 17 27 12 2 2 8 9 31 -32 23
17 Stuttgart 25 5 7 13 31 47 13 4 3 6 22 26 12 1 4 7 9 21 -16 22
18 Greuther Furth 25 3 5 17 23 64 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 0 1 12 11 46 -41 14

Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 25 19 2 4 76 27 13 10 1 2 38 12 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 59
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 13 6 6 64 40 12 7 2 3 33 19 13 6 4 3 31 21 24 45
4 Hoffenheim 25 13 4 8 48 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 13 5 2 6 21 23 12 43
5 RB Leipzig 25 12 5 8 51 29 13 9 1 3 35 15 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 41
6 Freiburg 25 11 8 6 40 27 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 41
7 Union Berlin 25 10 7 8 32 33 12 7 3 2 17 13 13 3 4 6 15 20 -1 37
8 FC Köln 25 9 9 7 36 39 13 7 3 3 20 16 12 2 6 4 16 23 -3 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 9 7 9 37 37 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 6 3 4 23 21 0 34
11 Bochum 25 9 5 11 27 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 2 2 8 8 23 -8 32
12 Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 27 37 13 5 2 6 14 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -10 31
13 Borussia M'gladbach 25 7 6 12 34 51 12 5 3 4 21 21 13 2 3 8 13 30 -17 27
14 Augsburg 25 6 8 11 27 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 5 10 10 22 33 13 2 7 4 12 17 12 3 3 6 10 16 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 25 6 5 14 26 58 13 4 3 6 17 27 12 2 2 8 9 31 -32 23
17 Stuttgart 25 5 7 13 31 47 13 4 3 6 22 26 12 1 4 7 9 21 -16 22
18 Greuther Furth 25 3 5 17 23 64 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 0 1 12 11 46 -41 14

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